[1st-mile-nm] The Town Without Wi-Fi | People & Politics | Washingtonian

[Christopher Mitchell]

I just saw a similar article on Ars -
http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/01/electrosensitives-seek-haven-in-wi-fi-quiet-zone-as-teens-set-up-hotspots/

Christopher Mitchell
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Institute for Local Self-Reliance

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On Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 11:06 AM, Steve Ross <editorsteve at gmail.com> wrote:

> And yet,  almost all the double-blind challenge tests,  where you randomly
> subject electrosensitive people to signals,  turn out negative. I know of a
> half-dozen mildly positive studies,  only two of which could be replicated
> by the researchers, but used methodologies not quite double blind.
> It is always possible that some people are sensitive to some wavelengths,
> but everything from fluorescent ballasts at 3600 Hz to wifi at 2.4 or 5.2
> GHz or cellular at 1.9 GHz? Yes, there are harmonics, but signal strength
> gets so low so fast...
>
> And so many activists complain about cellular or wifi yet have microwave
> oven and cordless phones  emitting similar frequency.
> On Jan 10, 2015 11:27 AM, "Tom Johnson" <tom at jtjohnson.com> wrote:
>
>> http://www.washingtonian.com/articles/people/the-town-without-wi-fi/
>>
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